spat

These are not neutral bystanders being swept into a media spat.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

Sheinbaum later said at her daily press conference that the former official at the center of the spat, ex-prime minister Betssy Chavez, was being flown on Friday aboard a Mexican military plane to Mexico.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Police investigators learned that a man had spat on a Tesla that was stopped at the intersection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

"I spat it out, but there was some left. The taste of this food will stay with me the rest of my life," she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

The woman took his palm, spat on it—he flinched, but she hung on to it— rubbed it with her thumb, and began to croon.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

In a reminder of the delicate nature of their ties, diplomats between the two countries last week spatted over a South Korean lawmaker’s visit to disputed islets located in the waters between the two countries.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2023

Luxe is a clumsily tender Arcadi an idyl, the Isle of Cythera transferred to an as yet unpopular St.-Tropez, spatted with dots of neo-impressionist light.

From Time Magazine Archive

But later on the third night, Lady Beatty spatted with Frankie and drove off in a Huff.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Again Publisher Bonfils refused to answer, clapped his derby upon his greying head, walked out on spatted feet.

From Time Magazine Archive

He rocks forward on his spatted feet and squeezes out a real tear.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

I’m sure if I looked hard enough, I could find some subsection of the dinosaur community where people are spatting over science or fighting about feathers and scales.

From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026

Their latest idea: Wrapping his foot in reinforcing spatting tape over the last three games, to minimize the chances of him rolling it again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

Nelson, a Flower Mound Republican, said Monday of her House counterparts, “We’re not spatting with them.”

From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2015

Thanks to the magic of Twitter, we can now experience all of the spinning, spatting, and snarking from both sides of the aisle in real time.

From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2014

Babe protested sleepily, lifting her head from his shoulder and spatting him reprovingly on the cheek.

From Casey Ryan by B. M. Bower